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Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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COVID-19 PHE is renewed through July 15

April 08, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

CMS continues to gradually end some emergency blanket waivers allowed under the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for some providers, but for now the 1135 waivers remain intact for acute care and...

Mac's Safety Space

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Don’t think they don’t see this stuff too…

April 11, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant While I don’t doubt that we will revisit this topic at some point in the not-too-distant future, there’s been a confluence (small pun intended) of rec...

Medical Environment Update

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March MEU Quiz

February 12, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Quality & Errors

Did you read the stories from the March MEU, and how well do you remember it? Test your knowledge with this short quiz. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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“Criminalizing medical error creates environments and cultures of fear,” says Institute for Healthcare Improvement

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Preventing medical errors requires people to come forward when those errors are made, IHI says. Otherwise, how else will healthcare organizations know there’s a problem? But nurses and other healthcar...

Healthcare Safety Leader

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Look for increased review of surgical, hyperbaric suite fire safety

April 12, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety

Expect surveyors to take a closer look at the fire safety precautions in hospital surgical and hyperbaric suites, especially once new elements of performance (EP) from The Joint Commission (TJC) go in...

Inside Accreditation & Quality

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Ask the expert: What medical records will be reviewed during hospital survey?

April 12, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

What charts or other medical information, including closed records, can you could expect a Joint Commission surveyor to ask for during survey? ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict

February 12, 2026

Leadership & Finance, Quality & Errors

Emma Moore felt cornered. At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse practitioner said she felt overwhelmed and undertrained. Coronavirus patients flooded the clinic for t...

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What goes into building a threat management team?

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Workplace safety

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently issued guidance for the formulation of threat assessment and management teams. “Through identifying and managing potential threats, these teams provid...

Medical Environment Update

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Inherent vs. residual risks in the laboratory; The risks you accept and the risks you can change

February 12, 2026

Laboratory Safety, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Risks in the laboratory can be split into two categories, says Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors. First, he says, are the physical and environmental r...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Refugee health: Trauma, lost documents, and language barriers

February 12, 2026

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Behavioral & Mental Health, Patient Safety, Health Equity

Ukraine is not the only place with an ongoing military conflict. Fighting in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Ethiopia also forced many people to flee their homelands. Even when a country is technically...

COVID-19 PHE is renewed through July 15

Don’t think they don’t see this stuff too…

March MEU Quiz

“Criminalizing medical error creates environments and cultures of fear,” says Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Look for increased review of surgical, hyperbaric suite fire safety

Ask the expert: What medical records will be reviewed during hospital survey?

Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict

What goes into building a threat management team?

Inherent vs. residual risks in the laboratory; The risks you accept and the risks you can change

Refugee health: Trauma, lost documents, and language barriers

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OSHA Dental Facilities Update - November 2023

OSHA Medical Facilities Update - November 2023

Tab 2, Medical Facilities OSHA Manual- August 2023

Tab 2, Dental Facility OSHA Manual- August 2023

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